Super-Dad Who Lost Both Arms Still Provides For His Family Full Time

A father is garnering special praise this Father's Day weekend on social media after his family shared his inspiring story online. The post is inspired by a competition which has been making rounds on social media where users say why their dads are amazing.

The responses have been incredible and inspiring like the story of Twitter user @ThabileKotha's father who lost his hands on the job in the 1980's. Twitter user @ThabileKotha tweeted, "My father lost his hands while at work around the 80s. He builds houses for people and he is very good and it has been his full-time job. We now live in a nine-roomed big house. He bought himself an Opel Astra but bro drives it. He pays my accommodation fees."

The tweet garnered over 1,000 retweets and over 6,000 likes. Many social media users showered @ThabileKotha's father with praise.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-cards="hidden" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Much respect for you… <br>You managed to accept your father as he is and you proud to show him to the world using the term &quot;MY FATHER&quot;…. <br>Others are ashamed to show their parents to world once the got seriously injured such as leg break or burning…. <br><br>God bless you.👊 <a href="https://t.co/J3r4D9tFnP">pic.twitter.com/J3r4D9tFnP</a></p>&mdash; Andile-Gucci (@andile_gucci) <a href="https://twitter.com/andile_gucci/status/1006889478475182080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 13, 2018</a></blockquote>